Английская Википедия:Abla Mehio Sibai
Шаблон:Infobox scientist/Wikidata Abla Mehio Sibai (Arabic: عبلة محيو السباعي) is a Professor of Epidemiology at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon. Sibai has served as the Interim Dean of AUB's Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) from 2020-22 and is currently the Dean of FHS.[1] She is also the co-founder of the Center for Studies on Aging in Lebanon and co-founding director of the AUB University for Seniors Program.[2]
Early life and education
Despite being inspired by mathematics,[3] Abla Mehio Sibai studied pharmacy at the American University of Beirut, where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1977.[4] Her brief pharmacy career came to a halt because of the violent situation in Lebanon.[3] After being a full-time mother for 10 years,[3] she returned to the American University of Beirut where she got her master's degree in epidemiology in 1986.[4] Sibai received her PhD in epidemiology from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1997.[3][5]
Research and career
Being a public health scholar, Sibai's research focuses on healthy ageing, social demography, and epidemiology of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).[3] In Lebanon, she co-founded the AUB University for Seniors (UFS) program in 2010, and is also the Director of the Center for Studies on Ageing which she co-founded in 2008.[4]
Other activities
- World Health Organization (WHO), Member of the Science Council (since 2021)[6]
- HelpAge International, Member of the Board of Trustees[2]
Recognition
Sibai was awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award in 2020 "for her pioneering research and advocacy to improve healthy ageing in low- and middle-income countries and their impact on health and social policies and programs."[7][8][9] Sibai was also awarded the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize in 2014 for her contributions to public health,[10] and The State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in 2019.[11]
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